Le Héron pourpré hupé (The Purple Crested Heron)
Date1783
Engraver
Francois Nicolas Martinet
Compiler
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de
(1707 - 1788)
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching with period color
DimensionsOH: 12" x OW: 9 1/2"
Credit LineGift of Barnett Shepherd
Object number2018-269,8
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "788." Lower margin reads: "Le Heron pourpré hupé."
Label TextDepiction of the bird species “Le Héron Pourpré Hupé” engraved by Francois Nicolas Martinet for Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon’s “Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux,” [Volume 8] (Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1783), pl. 788.
Francois Nicholas Martinet engraved birds and animals for Buffon’s monumental series “Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particulaire” (of which this engraving was a part) which was published between 1749–1788 and comprised in 36 volumes. It was one of the most important compilations of animals and birds of the 18th century.
ca. 1790
1771
1771
after 1788
